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Anthropology News -- ScienceDaily
  • True origin of ancient turquoise
    New research overturns more than a century of claims that the source of turquoise used and revered by ancient civilizations in Mexico, such as the Aztecs, came from the Southwestern US Geochemical analyses show the origin of the turquoise is Mesoa...
  • Ancient agricultural activity caused lasting environmental changes
    Agricultural activity by humans more than 2,000 years ago had a more significant and lasting impact on the environment than previously thought.
  • Research provides insights on World War II naval battle site
    A new study provides precise geographic information for the preservation, long-term research, and future use of a historically important World War II battle site on the seafloor off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.
  • Remarkable skill of ancient Peru's cranial surgeons
    A neurorehabilitation expert who helps modern patients recover from brain surgery, chronicles the remarkable skill of ancient Peru's cranial surgeons.
  • Oldest bubonic plague genome decoded
    An international team has analyzed two 3,800-year-old Y. pestis genomes that suggest a Bronze Age origin for bubonic plague. The study shows that this strain is the oldest sequenced to date that contains the virulence factors considered characteri...